Friesenhagen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Churches (victory)
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	51.36 km 2
Residents:	1569 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	51598
Primaries :	02734, 02294, 02297
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 037
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausweg 2 51598 Friesenhagen
Website :	www.friesenhagen.eu
Mayor :	Norbert Kläs ( SPD )
Location of the local community Friesenhagen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

View of the St. Sebastianus Church in the center of Friesenhagen

Friesenhagen in the Wildenburger Land is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Kirchen (Sieg) .

geography

Geographical location

Friesenhagen is the northernmost municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate and, with an area of ​​51.3 square kilometers, the largest in the Altenkirchen district. Its southernmost counterpart, Neuburg am Rhein , is 280 kilometers away by road.

Districts

Wildenburg train station, Bettorf, Bockenbaum, Busenbach, Busenhagen, Dernbach, Diedenberg, Engelshäuschen, Erlenbruch, Eueln, Friesenhagen, Gerndorf, Gerndorferhöhe, Girtseifen, Gösingen, Gösingerhütte, Götzen, Grendel, Großlangenbach, Gut Altenhofen, Hammer, Hammerhöhe, Heiligenborn, Helmert, Hilchenbach, Höfchen, Höferhof, Hohhäuschen, Hollenseifen, Hühnerkamp, ​​Hundscheidt, Johannesberg, Kappenstein, Köppernöll, Krottorf with Crottorf Castle, Kuchenwald, Küchelschlade, Küchelseifen, Mittelolbach, carrots, Mohrenbach, Mühlenhof, Mühlenseifen, Neuhöhe, Niedersolbach , Oberweidenbruch, Quasthöhe, Ritterwäldchen, Rübegarten, Schlade, Schmalenbach, Schmalenbachsmühle, Schönbach, Sommerhof, Staade, Stausberg, Steeg, Steegerhütte, Truttenseifen, Unterstädigen, Wasserhof, Watermill, Weidenbruch, Weierseifen, Westbach, Wiesental, Wildenburg with castle, Wildenburg , Wippe Wippermühle, Wittershagen, Wöllenbach, Ziegenschlade.

Waters

The Wisser Bach rises in the east of Friesenhagen and flows into the Sieg in Wissen . In addition, the Bigge flows through the district in a short section. The Wildenburger Bach lies in the north of the village and is still fed by the Weierbach before it flows into the Wisser Bach. To the west of Wildenburg-Bahnhof are the ponds Wildenburger Weiher , Biggeweiher , Oberweiher and Unterweiher . In the south of the village there is still the Gösinger Weiher , near the district of the same name.

Neighboring communities

The following neighboring municipalities border the municipality of Friesenhagen (clockwise from the north): Wenden ( Olpe district , NRW ), Freudenberg ( Siegen-Wittgenstein district , NRW), Harbach , Kirchen (Sieg) , Katzwinkel (Sieg) , Birken-Honigsessen (all districts Altenkirchen (Westerwald) , ( RLP )), Morsbach and Reichshof (both Oberbergischer Kreis , NRW).

history

Friesenhagen was first mentioned in 1131 in a document from Pope Innocent II .

Witch hunts

The witch persecution in Friesenhagen / Wildenburger Land fell victim to over 200 people in the period from 1590 to 1652. The place of execution was on the Blumenberg near today's Anna Chapel in Friesenhagen.

The witch trial against Agnes Schmitt , who was executed on December 17, 1650, became particularly well known .

Population development

The development of the population of Friesenhagen in relation to today's municipal area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 1,327 1835 1,578 1871 1,479 1905 1,575 1939 1,380 1950 1,578

year Residents 1961 1,515 1970 1,610 1987 1,660 2005 1,732 2011 1,604 2017 1,551

Population development in Friesenhagen from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Friesenhagen consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGZ	total
2019	9	6th	1	16 seats
2014	9	7th	-	16 seats
2009	5	11	-	16 seats
2004	5	11	-	16 seats

• WGZ = Zimmermann voter group

mayor

Local mayor of Friesenhagen is Norbert Kläs (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 85.34% of the vote.

Culture and sights

Saint Sebastianus (2010)

In Friesenhagen there are some listed cultural monuments :

Cultural monuments in the place

• The Catholic Parish Church of St. Sebastian. From the originally late Romanesque three-aisled church, only the tower, which was raised in 1751, and the triumphal arch are preserved. The main choir is attributed to the beginning of the 16th century. Inside is a remarkable interior with works from the 15th and 16th centuries. The font dates from the first half of the 13th century.
• The monument zone in the town center with numerous, well-preserved half-timbered houses from the 18th century (south and east of the church; Hauptstraße, Klosterstraße, Strahlbachstraße)
• The former Franciscan monastery, an elongated hipped roof building made of quarry stone , built from 1741 to 1744 (Klosterstrasse)

Cultural monuments in the municipality

Crottorf Castle

St. Anna Chapel or "Red Chapel" (2012)

• The Crottorf Castle is designated as a monument zone; the castle, at its core a medieval moated castle, dates from the middle of the 16th century. The monument zone includes the former mill, the chapel of the Holy Cross (1701) and a cross from 1620.
• The ruins of Wildenburg Castle with a Gothic keep and remains of walls from the 14th to the 18th century.
• The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, a plastered building from the 18th century (above Friesenhagen)
• The Rochus Chapel, probably from the 17th century (west of the Wildenburg)
• The St. Anna Chapel, the so-called Red Chapel, probably from the 17th century (above Friesenhagen). A plaque next to the Red Chapel and the old linden tree commemorates the witch trials in the 17th century.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Friesenhagen

Regular events

Pageant (harvest festival 2014)

Every year on the last weekend in September there is a harvest festival with a pageant.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 1971, Friesenhagen was awarded the gold medal in the state competition “ Our village should be more beautiful ” .

Web links

Commons : Friesenhagen  - collection of images

• Wildenburger Land
• Friesenhagen community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 10 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ Uwe Knepper: Friesenhagen - The witch madness in the Wildenburger Land . Word Wizard self-published, 2007 ( friesenhagener-geschichte.de [PDF; 5.4 MB ; accessed on February 27, 2018]).
4. ↑ Friesenhagen - The Witch Mania in Wildenburger Land or "... see my children again", the true story of Agnes Schmitt. Retrieved February 27, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Josef Rinscheid: See my children again. A historical tale from the time of the witch madness in the Wildenburger Land . Niederfischbach 1950 ( movingfunpictures.de [PDF; 7.2 MB ; accessed on February 27, 2018]).
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Friesenhagen. Retrieved November 5, 2019 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see churches (Sieg), Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved November 5, 2019 . 
10. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Altenkirchen district. Mainz 2019, p. 15 f. (PDF; 5.2 MB).
11. ^ Georg Dehio : Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-422-00382-7 ( Handbook of German Art Monuments ).
12. ↑ Red Chapel in Friesenhagen. In: Online travel guide Germany. Retrieved February 27, 2018 . 
13. ^ Hermann-Josef Schuh: Thanksgiving in the Wildenburger Land . Ed .: Erntedankfest Friesenhagen e. V. Siegen 2017, ISBN 978-3-944157-30-6 .